Costa Rica vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female

Costa Rica
130.3%
in 2019
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
104.3%
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
4th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
3rd

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 130.3% against 104.3% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 26.0%.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 4th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 77.0% 72.9% 4.1% Costa Rica
1980s 76.3% 94.9% 18.6% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 81.7% 98.7% 16.9% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 98.0% 101.9% 3.9% Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 117.8% 102.9% 14.9% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female, Costa Rica or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 130.3% against 104.3% in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female between Costa Rica and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
26.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female?
Costa Rica ranks 4th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,794 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total female enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official primary and secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.